Improvement in barbed fence-wires



H.v B. SCUTT.

BAfiBEn FENCE WIRE. N0.'180,656. Patented Aug.1,18--7S.

WITNESSES I JV VEJV' TOR M .ll'ttorneys N. PETERS, PEIOTG-LH'HOGRAPHER,WASHIIIGYON. D. C-

HIRAM B. SOUTT, OF JOLIET, ILLINOIS.

IMPROVEMENT IN BAR-BED FENCE-WIRES.

Specification forming part of Letters-Patent No. 180,656, dated August1; 1876; application filed June 7, 1876.

To all whom it may concern; I

' Beit known that I, HIRAM B. SGUTT,ofJoliet, in the county of Will andin the State of Illinois, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Barbedire Fences; and do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of referencemarked thereon, making a part of this specification.

My invention consists in the construction of a wire fence, in whichpronged barbs are used, as hereinafter more fully set forth.

In order to enable others skilled in the art to which my inventionappertains to make and use the same, I will now proceed to more fullydescribe my invention, referrence being had to the accompanyingdrawings, forming a part of this specification, in which- Figure 1represents a perspective View of the wire-cable, showing one of thebarbs connected between the twists of the same. Fig. 2 represents aperspective view of one of the barb-blanks before it is bent. Fig. 3represents a perspective view of one of the barbs after it is bent.

Aand 13 represent two pieces of wire twisted together, which form thehorizontal bars or rods of a wire-fence. Between the twists of these twowires, the fence-barbs O are placed at suitable intervals. Each barb isformed from an oblong sheet-metal plate having a V- shaped notch, act,at each end. The blank thus formed is bent to form side depressions ff,one upward and the other downward, as seen in Fig. 3, and the fourprongs d d d cl are then bent at right angles to each other on each sideof these depressions. When the barbs are placed in between the two wiresA B, the latterlie in these depressions, which form seats for the same;and in case one'of' the prongs should become broken off, the barb willnot be liable to slip away or become detached from the wires A B.

Having thus fully described my invention what I claim as new, and desireto secure by Letters Patent, is

The combination, with a two-strand twisted fence-wire, A B, of asheet-metal barb-plate,

U, having side depressions ff for receiving the wires and securing thebarbpoints in the manner specified,

In testimony that I claim the foregoing l have hereunto set my hand this6th day of June, 1576.

HIBAM SOUTT.

